Students are beginning to create life-long digital footprints at younger and younger ages. By kindergarten, they may already have the foundation of their digital footprint in the form of all the pictures posted of them online by friends and relatives. Once they begin to interact online during elementary school, the information they begin to leave online can potentially follow them throughout their lifetime.

Therefore, as educators, it is important for us to explain the risks and benefits to students and teachers about the digital footprint they are starting to leave behind. In a digitally-focused world the boundaries between the real and virtual are blurred. As educators, we need to be role models for our students and show them how they can interact safely and responsibly in the virtual world.

Join members of the ByDesign Labs team on March 13th to see the latest developments in this unique and powerful resource for the ByDesign Science textbook series. Created with the multi-grade classroom in mind, ByDesign Labs allows you to make and assess lab assignments from within one easy application. Ready to use, “clickable content” provides […]